The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12
BY THE NUN OF KENMARE.
THE SOCIAL STATE OF IRELAND AT
THE PRESENT DAY

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TIE SOCIAL State OF IRELAND Al
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pon,Shaont w sn,a.,,as urnJrods ~ mo-,
o 0n womon and children laid DOWN and disd
m Tho forced march to Connaueht: and how
MANI 1 hunsr a have died on the great ocean
"ehS nuhuioee now ui'. VI w 800 ooe"n
tSsg S soud ' nos satisfy the same English
know that as crossed that great ocean my
heart wept from the griefs OF my people, and
! asked noble-hearted Soogarth Aroon, an
Irish-American priest, who was on his return
VOYAGE from his last visit to bless
Alaska that vast n was the or
40 Oh sne Oh my
Mnat ainerence Is mere petweeh inc emf
did the same work. and from the same cause
has seea sTs %, mis-
a,sawssra ~ 1nrd Ionsdoun s :. not tha ,v p
landlord In Ireland. have no wish either to
defend or condemn him. deal simply with
th,nas ~ ~ t,sU are Tha Lawn o.a - tha svhoIa
system may be found in one simple fact. The
peonle Of England. whether Catholic or Prot
e.,an., look upon the irish as an inferior race.
who are not to be treated as social equals.
Some Of the worst landlords in Ireland are
to me on one occasion OF the treatment which
f ns andord
man." he said. would scruple to break a fast
nas es bsa Of hs as 1%
before breakfast for mere caprice"
As matter OF fact, know that very serious
Catholic landlords. and in this case l speak
from personal knowledge. distinguished
ths COUNTY Rerry He has Tvssd has
not exceeded Lord Lansdowne in his treat
ment Of his tenantry. But the, Irish people.
ther fatS have BEEN very @u slow to ex
pose the CONDUCT Of such men. At
one OF his e noble eorts to Obtain evea
q modlcum Of Justice for the Irish poor. an
Esslsh ssnt5emSn Of large property and mem n
sell from personal kpowlsdEe Of ths state q tho
pSderstand shs rsh aueston You are neap
y al Catholics. and find that there is quite as
s% Ensh to safS 50
and n by
CHURCH. Hs tod M II was ali the fault q the
theg soud pay their rents they
and that they were lazy and ungrateful."
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Sss Az spsa iS bearing n s ysTy
81 ireland. During the last half century there
Of RELIGIOUS opinion l in England. Catholics i are
no longer either hatdd or despised. There are
convert among their number. It has, in fact.
and to 60 to Catholic church. All this has
been the result Of a strong reaction, and natur-
pension; When men found that the teach.
to what they had always believed, and that
Catholic moral theology inculcated the very
OF mercy, they supposed naturally that all
Catholics practised what they believed. Fur
Their, Irish and Catholic being almost converti-
PIE terms. i was difficult for honest and and
Catholic could do Injustice to another
discovered one Of the early Christians,
another could scarcely have been moro per-
picked. and naturally these English gentlemen
supposed that Irish Catholic landlords would
Be truthful witnesses as to the true state Of
their own country. j replied;, well, Col
Ii can give you fact for all reply. Only
vesterday the Rev Father O'S- came to me